The universally respected and experienced operator Don Thompson was not the board's intended successor. In fact, he was their third choice candidate.

广受尊敬、经验丰富的唐•汤普森当年并不是董事会钟意的人选，事实上他在候选名单里只排在第三顺位。

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Age and experience will be determining factors in our choice of candidate.

年龄和经验是我们选择候选人的决定因素。

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However, as a candidate, I had no choice.

然而，作为一名候选人，我别无选择。

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For two days, the delegates debated the slavery issue and discussed their choice of a candidate for president.

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For example,when he was a presidential candidate, Barack Obama announced his choice for vice president on Twitter.

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Whig leaders turned away from their early choice of Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky as their candidate.

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"Sources" claim Carlton and Granada detected that Airey might have been wavering a fortnight ago, and so began searching for a second-choice candidate.

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Pro-choice Republican Ross Perot ran as a pro-choice independent candidate with right-of-center economic concerns, while Clinton ran as a pro-choice Democrat.

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Yet he remains a formidable politician, and the Tories' choice of candidate to run against him is a risky one.

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